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Two Soviet partisans depart their starving band on a short march to a nearby farm to get supplies. The Germans have reached the farm first, so the pair must go on a journey deep into occupied territory, a voyage that will also take them deep into their souls. Read more

Starring Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Sergei Yakovlev, Lyudmila Polyakova
Director Larisa Shepitko
Genres Drama, World Cinema

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The Ascent

Two Soviet partisans depart their starving band on a short march to a nearby farm to get supplies. The Germans have reached the farm first, so the pair must go on a journey deep into occupied territory, a voyage that will also take them deep into their souls.

Starring Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Sergei Yakovlev, Lyudmila Polyakova, Viktoriya Goldentul
Director Larisa Shepitko
Run time DVD: 1 hr 51 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate TBC.gif
Genres Drama, World Cinema
Language Russian
Released DVD: unknown
Production year: 1977
Format DVD
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  • Drama about three Jewish brothers who escape from Nazi-occupied Poland into the Belarussian forest, where they join Russian resistance fighters and build a village in order to protect themselves. read more »

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    • 06 Jan 2009

    Poland, 1941: Three brothers – the Bielskis – escape a Nazi-ordained massacre at their farm by the skin of their teeth. They hide out in the vast Belarussian forest, while Tuvia (Daniel Craig) waits for a chance to exact his revenge on the collaborators who murdered their parents. Yet to the consternation of his brother Zus (Liev Schreiber) every time Tuvia returns from a recce, he brings more Jewish refugees back with him into the forest. Soon they have a full-scale camp on their... Read more

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    • The Ascent
      Two Soviet partisans depart their starving band on a short march to a nearby farm to get supplies. The Germans have reached the farm first, so the pair must go on a journey deep into occupied territory, a voyage that will also take them deep into their souls. ...